Australia
Turning eggs blue will transform snapper fisheries
A molecular marker that turns snapper eggs a fluorescent blue could revolutionise fisheries management for several commercial species.
Archives for March 18, 2015
Agriculture
FAO: Asian farmers bear the brunt from the world’s natural disasters
Natural disasters caused US$28bn in damage to agriculture in Asia in 2014, making it the the world’s worst hit region last year with farmers bearing the brunt.
Diageo takes bottle storage to its Sydney plant
Having invested A$21.5m (US$16.4m) in a warehouse at its bottling facility in Sydney’s western suburbs, Diageo Australia now has capacity to store 22m bottles of Bundaberg Rum, one of its brands.
Retail analysis: Australia
Australians have some of the highest meat per capita consumption rates in the world and consume 121.2kg of meat per capita/year, according to data from the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
Australia
Bananas taking a battering from cyclones and killer soil disease
As Queenslanders prepare for the return of the category 4 Cyclone Nathan, agriculture authorities are planning their response to another disaster after the arrival of a disease that affects banana trees, remains in the soil for 30 years, is resistant to...
Police probing 1080 threat test NZ infant formula after tampering reports
Police investigating a threat to contaminate New Zealand infant formula with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) are testing tins after a number of consumers complained of pinpricks in packaging lids.